Functional Medicine In Primary Care

Did you go into medicine because you wanted to help people, but you're feeling burnt out? Are you tired of treating every ill with a pill? Are you a patient, who just wants to tell your story, have somebody put it all together, and ultimately, help you get well? If you answered yes to these questions, Dr. Herbst's book, Functional Medicine in Primary Care, is the answer for you!! For ALL- As you follow her journey through her illness and recovery, the reason Dr. Herbst is passionate about incorporating Functional Medicine into primary care, will be obvious. The clinical pearls she offers are relevant to chronic illness treatment and prevention. You will learn measures, easily put into action for many potential diseases... (cognitive decline, diabetes, hypertension, and many more.) The reader will also find supporting medical literature- giving you confidence to implement functional medicine- for the best health outcome possible!! For clinicians- Dr. Herbst gives information, tips and techniques on how to hear (and analyze) the patient's story, in a short amount of time. For patients- To be heard, Dr Herbst provides recommendations to optimize your office visit. Not to mention, the chapters are full of quick and easy lifestyle applications. Dr Aunna Herbst's Functional Medicine in Primary Care book shares pertinent information about genetics, biochemistry and pathophysiology. Learn many life changing tips on how to diagnose and treat common ailments seen in primary care office visits-including how to optimize thyroid function, achieve diabetes reversal, identify key nutrient deficiencies and genetic polymorphisms for which modifiable lifestyle changes can decrease disease risk, and much, much more! It is a life changing read for patients and healthcare providers alike, who want to truly help patients and for patients who want help restoring their health!!

Did you go into medicine because you wanted to help people, but you’re feeling burnt out? Are you tired of treating every ill with a pill? Are you a patient, who just wants to tell your story, have somebody put it all together, and ultimately, help you get well? If you answered yes to these questions, Dr. Herbst’s book, Functional Medicine in Primary Care, is the answer for you!! For ALL- As you follow her journey through her illness and recovery, the reason Dr. Herbst is passionate about incorporating Functional Medicine into primary care, will be obvious. The clinical pearls she offers are relevant to chronic illness treatment and prevention. You will learn measures, easily put into action for many potential diseases... (cognitive decline, diabetes, hypertension, and many more.) The reader will also find supporting medical literature- giving you confidence to implement functional medicine- for the best health outcome possible!! For clinicians- Dr. Herbst gives information, tips and techniques on how to hear (and analyze) the patient’s story, in a short amount of time. For patients- To be heard, Dr Herbst provides recommendations to optimize your office visit. Not to mention, the chapters are full of quick and easy lifestyle applications. Dr Aunna Herbst’s Functional Medicine in Primary Care book shares pertinent information about genetics, biochemistry and pathophysiology. Learn many life changing tips on how to diagnose and treat common ailments seen in primary care office visits-including how to optimize thyroid function, achieve diabetes reversal, identify key nutrient deficiencies and genetic polymorphisms for which modifiable lifestyle changes can decrease disease risk, and much, much more! It is a life changing read for patients and healthcare providers alike, who want to truly help patients and for patients who want help restoring their health!!

This issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, guest edited by Drs. Deborah Clements and Melinda Ring, is devoted to Integrative Medicine. Articles in this issue include: Introduction to Integrative Medicine; Phytotherapy; Lifestyle Medicine; Chronic Pain; GI Disorders; Mental Health; Endocrine Disorders; Oncology and Survivorship; Pediatrics; Cardiovascular Disorders; Women’s Health; Men's Health; and Ethical and Legal Considerations.

Complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) has become big business. Alongside the increased consumption of complementary medicine and the swelling numbers of complementary health practitioners has emerged a growing interest in these medicines and therapies from within the ranks of conventional primary health care. At the level of practice and beyond, a culture of confrontation and antagonism has begun to be replaced by a focus upon potential integration, collaboration and common ground. With these significant developments in mind, this ground-breaking book is a valuable and timely addition to the CIM and primary health care research literature. The collection outlines the core issues, challenges and opportunities facing the CIM–primary health care interface and its study and will provide insight and inspiration for those practising, studying and researching the contemporary relations between CIM and primary health care. The book is the first to be authored by leading international CIM–primary health care researchers from diverse disciplines and backgrounds, including health social science, statistics, qualitative methodology, general practice, clinical trials design, clinical pharmacology, health services research and public health. All contributors are active CIM–primary health care researchers and their extensive research and practice experience helps lend a unique immediacy and richness to the contributions and collection. Contents:Patients, Illness and Disease: CIM Use and Its Context in Primary Health Care:Primary Health Care, Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Women's Health: A Focus upon Menopause (Amie Steel, Jane Frawley, Jon Adams, David Sibbritt, and Alex Broom)Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Aging and Chronic Illness: Towards an Interprofessional Approach in Primary Health Care (Kevin D Willison, Sally Lindsay, Marissa Taylor, Harold Schroeder, and Gavin J Andrews)Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Skin Disease in General Practice (Parker Magin and Jon Adams)Practitioners and the Professional CIM Interface:Naturopaths: Their Role in Primary Health Care Delivery (Jon Wardle and Jon Adams)Linking Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Traditional Medicine and Primary Health Care: The Role of Local Health Traditions in Promoting Health Security (Daniel Hollenberg and Maria Costanza Torri)Examining the Relationship between Complementary and Integrative Medicine and Rural General Practice: A Focus upon Health Services Research (Jon Wardle, Jon Adams, Alex Broom, and David Sibbritt)(Just) Who is the Expert? The Ambiguity of Expertise in Over-the-Counter CAM Purchasing: An Ethnographic Study of UK Community Pharmacies and Health Shops (Helen Cramer, Lesley Wye, Marjorie Weiss, and Ali Shaw)Conceptualising Integrative Medicine in Primary Health Care: Experience and Challenges:Integrating Complementary Medicine in Primary Health Care as a Response to Contemporary Challenges: A Focus upon Effectiveness Gaps and Self-Care (David Peters)Exploring a Model of Integrative Medicine: A Case Study in Swedish Primary Health Care (Tobias Sundberg)Integration in Primary Health Care: A Focus upon Practice and Education and the Importance of a Critical Social Science Perspective (Jon Adams, Daniel Hollenberg, Alex Broom, Amie Steel, David Sibbritt, and Chi-Wai Lui) Readership: Practitioners, pharmacists, nurses, health care managers, governments, policy makers and regulators, researchers, academia, and advanced students of conventional as well as alternative healthcare, and the general audience who are interested in evidence-based holistic self-care. Keywords:Primary Health Care;Complementary Medicine;Integrative Medicine;General Practice;Pharmacy;Health Services Research

Complementary and alternative medicine encompasses a wide range of modalities, including acupuncture, herbs and supplements, naturopathy, and body and mind therapies. The use of these healing methods is increasing rapidly, and more and more patients are approaching primary care physicians with questions about them. The purpose of this issue is to help doctors understand the evidence supporting and refuting complementary and alternative medicine techniques so they can provide patients with answers. This is the second of a two-part series, and it focuses on application of complementary and alternative medicine techniques to disease states and body systems.

The Textbook of Functional Medicine is the definitive presentation of the scientific evidence and clinical practices underlying functional medicine. Dozens of noted authors, extensive referencing, tables and figures, and outstanding reviews make this book a must-have for clinicians from all disciplines.

Dr. Kevin Hoffarth graduated from medical school in 2000, and completed his family medicine residency at Creighton University in 2003. In his first ten years as a family physician, he worked in every area of medicine possible; from births to deaths and everything in between. During those years in the trenches, he realized that how he was taught to approach the ailments of his patients could be vastly improved upon. It was then that he decided to embark on a medical journey to seek out and learn the new philosophies and ways of more effectively treating 21st century medical issues. In his book, Dr. Hoffarth guides us through the knowledge he has gathered across this journey, his 7 years of experience implementing what he learned along the way, and the appreciation he has gained towards the ties that bind us all. He will walk you through his application of treating the 5 "S.T.A.M.P" triggers, along with his basic principles on tackling illness, building discipline, and learning how to be your best self both physically and mentally. In light of today's pandemic, the SARS-nCoV-2019 virus's game plan is to hurt the most vulnerable, and spread to as many people as possible. In traditional medical terminology, vulnerability is determined by "pre-existing conditions", and the bar for those is lower than you think. In his book, Dr. Hoffarth colorfully explains what healthy really looks like in terms of how our body functions, and what you may unknowingly be missing. Through following his guidance, you'll find that your optimal self is easy to obtain, and that fear of illness can take a back seat to living your life. He takes the brilliant complexities of our body and explain them in a way that is easily digestible and effortlessly implementable. No other book brings everything you need to know about your body into a single read.